Botanicula - Lukas


Hi everyone,

I am excited to finally let you know that Creaks, our latest surreal puzzler, is launching on Steam next Wednesday, July 22! Please check out the game's Steam page and add the game to your wishlist if you like what you see ːsamorost_spiritː

https://store.steampowered.com/app/956030/Creaks/

Creaks takes you on a visit to a mysterious towering mansion, inhabited by eccentric avian folk and strange creatures, which may or may not be as dangerous as they seem. In their animated form, these monsters called creaks are deadly enemies you should always keep your distance from. However, as soon as you manage to trap them under a beam of light, they transform into harmless furniture that might be just as useful when you’re solving many of the game’s elaborate puzzles. Players will meet several types of creaks in the game, and each of them behaves differently - while dogs will chase you on sight and spies will copy or mirror your movement, the jellyfish-like creatures composedly patrol the area.



Inbetween individual levels and challenges, players will get to explore the house for a series of hand-crafted paintings, some of which were carefully hidden in discoverable secret rooms. About a third of the 35 collectible pieces are playable mini-games, taking on the role of little arcade cabinets in the aesthetic of 18th and 19th-century wall art.

A game inspired by the topics of ambiguity and pareidolia - the psychological phenomenon of “seeing things” - Creaks aims to surprise players with its diverse surreal environments, hand-drawn, hand-painted, and carefully animated, as well as refined puzzles. The visual art goes hand-in-hand with music from Brighton-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Acheson, aka Hidden Orchestra. He delivered an eclectic score that adaptively changes based on your progression within each of the game’s levels and often drops the beat to celebrate the moment you finally figure it out. Instruments Joe used on this soundtrack, his first-ever work for a video game, are ranging from zithers and flutes to organs and choirs to modular synthesizers.

Thank you for supporting our games! We're looking forward to hear and read what you think about Creaks. ːmuchomurkaː
Lukas
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Sin Vega)

E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy is a name so crap I can’t even be bothered to mock it. And yet unlike 95% of crap names, I never forget it.

EYE is one of my favourite games. It’s a mess. There’s so much wrong with it that I could probably slag it off for two full reviews, but I still like it too much.

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Lunar Flight - sh0v0r
A build has been uploaded to try!

Right Click -> Properties -> Betas -> lfae - Anniversary Edition

I haven't done any SteamVR testing with this so I don't want to make any promises that it will work correctly.

Oculus owners should be OK.

Botanicula - Lukas


Ahoj!

It’s been a while since we posted something in the Botanicula news channel, so I’m really glad to be back with some good news. Yes, 7 years after its initial release in 2012, Botanicula is finally getting a full-screen HD treatment, which basically means it’s going to look much better on your recent high-resolution displays, even if it’s a nice and shiny 4K monitor. It even takes up less space on your hard drive, juchu!

The game still runs in the same engine, so you don’t need to worry about losing your save files. The update is now live for everyone!

World Environment Day
Botanicula is also part of the Steam World Environment Day Sale, along with Samorost 3, Fugl, Mountain, Subnautica and many other great games, in support of organizations like Greenpeace, World Land Trust or The Nature Conservatory. In addition, One Tree Planted will plant a tree for each copy of Playne sold during the event.

I am happy to announce that we are donating 50% of our proceeds from this sale to DUHA, a Czech environmental movement saving the wilderness. Read more about DUHA on their website.

The sale ends on June 7th 16:00 PST / June 8th 01:00 CEST.

Cheers,
Lukas
Botanicula - Lukas


Hello!

I am excited to announce that our next game 'Creaks' is coming to Steam next year!

We just launched the Steam page (which is also where you can check out the first teaser trailer and a handful of screenshots) so you can easily add Creaks to your wishlist.

Creaks is being developed by one of Amanita’s new teams, headed by Czech designer and artist Radim Jurda. The music (for both the teaser and the game) was done by Scottish composer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Acheson aka Hidden Orchestra.

Follow Creaks on Steam so you don't miss any of the upcoming details!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/956030/Creaks/
Botanicula - Lukas


DVA's adorably wacky soundtrack to CHUCHEL is now available on a 180g audiophile quality LP!

We just had to go with the cherry red color - it actually looks like an LP-shaped cherry candy. Chuchel would eat that, but you probably shouldn't. Just playing it is sweet too, though!

If you enjoyed CHUCHEL's music, check out the record in our store: 'Cherries on Air' LP

You can also listen to the album in full on DVA's Bandcamp.

DVA are a Czech alternative folk duo best known for use of fictional languages and the amazing soundtrack to Botanicula which received the IGF Excellence in Audio award in 2012. They often describe their music as 'pop for non-existent broadcasters'.
Botanicula - Lukas


Hello!

Guess what - Amanita Design's official Discord server is now a thing!

Come and chat with fellow mushroom pickers, get the latest news, TOP SECRET sneak peeks and speculate about 'Machinarium 2'! (even though we're not working on it)

Please join us (and invite your friends!) via this link: https://discord.gg/Gr4Ec6K

Meet you there!
Lukas
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Dominic Tarason)

Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

Space Hulk: Deathwing must have been a dream project for little French indie studio Streum On, creators of the endearingly janky E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy. As a team they’d started their careers with making Warhammer 40,000-themed mods, so having the official key to the kingdom must have felt like a miracle, but with a famous license and a higher budget comes higher expectations.

While undoubtedly more polished than E.Y.E, Deathwing still felt like a low-budget game with a high-budget facade. After an additional year and a half of development and launching alongside the PS4 version of the game, an Enhanced Edition rolled out today, addressing many of the flaws of the original launch and for those with the original version, it’s a free upgrade.

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Botanicula - Lukas [amanita design]


CHUCHEL, the new game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost, is now available on Steam for Windows PC and Mac!

Just like any Amanita game before, CHUCHEL immediately strikes you with its distinctive visual style and sheer playfulness, however, CHUCHEL is not a game of complex backgrounds and extraordinarily complicated puzzles – this time it is all about humor, laughs and cherries.

Why cherries? Because that’s what Chuchel, the game’s eponymous hairy hero, craves the most. In order to reclaim the precious red fruit, he needs the players’ help to overcome various challenges ranging from logical puzzles to robot battles to escaping swarms of berserk Pac-Men. Each level is built upon Jaromir Plachy’s trademark style of animation and fittingly witty music from the IGF Award winning Czech band Dva. With dozens of hilarious gags, bizarre characters and a heart-warming little story, CHUCHEL has all the resources to cheer you up!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/711660/CHUCHEL/
Have fun!
Amanita Design
Botanicula - Lukas


CHUCHEL, the new game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost, is now available on Steam for Windows PC and Mac!

Just like any Amanita game before, CHUCHEL immediately strikes you with its distinctive visual style and sheer playfulness, however, CHUCHEL is not a game of complex backgrounds and extraordinarily complicated puzzles – this time it is all about humor, laughs and cherries.

Why cherries? Because that’s what Chuchel, the game’s eponymous hairy hero, craves the most. In order to reclaim the precious red fruit, he needs the players’ help to overcome various challenges ranging from logical puzzles to robot battles to escaping swarms of berserk Pac-Men. Each level is built upon Jaromir Plachy’s trademark style of animation and fittingly witty music from the IGF Award winning Czech band Dva. With dozens of hilarious gags, bizarre characters and a heart-warming little story, CHUCHEL has all the resources to cheer you up!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/711660/CHUCHEL/
Have fun!
Amanita Design
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